Source: Pats sign Sanders to offer sheet

Summary of 44 articles · Updated Apr 16, 2013

Sunday night to match the offer sheet Sanders signed with the Patriots. The source said the offer sheet is a one-year, $2.5 million deal. The Steelers have five days until the end of Sunday to decide whether to match the offer or let Sanders go to the Pat… (more)riots and receive a third-round draft choice from New England in return. The Pats will have gotten Sanders a $1.2 million raise, and he’ll likely be grateful for that come next year. The New England Patriots weren't the only ones to offer Sanders a contract in free agency, and the Steelers might not be able to keep him beyond next season. La Canfora says that Roethlisberger has been trying to lobby head coach Mike Tomlin and members of the coaching staff to keep Sanders and to match the offer. Among NFL wide receivers, Sanders ranked 22nd in Football Outsiders' DVOA metric and has 94 receptions for 1,260 yards and five touchdowns in his 40-game NFL career. But if the Patriots send the Steelers their third-round draft pick they’ll be almost out of ammunition in the draft: They’ve already traded away their fourth-round pick for Aqib Talib, their fifth-round pick for Albert Haynesworth and their sixth-round pick for Chad Ochocinco.

Steelers had no choice but to keep Sanders

The Pittsburgh Steelers matched the New England Patriots' one-year, $2.5 million offer sheet to wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, and they really didn't have a decision to make. If the Steelers intend to bounce back from last season's disappointing 8-8 se…

Around the NFC West: WR market thoughts

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Absent a long-term deal, Steelers will regret matching Sanders offer

In the end, the 50 that wanted to keep receiver Emmanuel Sanders outweighed the 50 that didn’t. The 50 that lost likely will be saying “I told you so” in less than a year. With a one-year, $2.5 million deal, Sanders is scheduled to be an unrestricte

Steelers 50/50 On Matching New England’s Offer For Sanders

John Clayton of ESPN reports the Steelers are “50-50”³ to match restricted free wide receiver agent Emmanuel Sanders‘ one-year, $2.5 million offer sheet with the Patriots. The Steelers have until 11:59 p.m. Eatern Sunday to match the offer.

The Patriots re-signed receiver Julian Edelman to a one-year contract and will likely use him with Danny Amendola to fill the vacancy left by Wes Welker at the Z receiver position, which specializes in quick passes on the outside and slot play. The Patr…

Sanders signs offer sheet; Sunday deadline for reply

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Regardless of whether the Steelers made the right decision to match the one-year, $2.5 million offer to retain receiver Emmanuel Sanders, the truth is that the entire escapade easily could have been avoided if the Steelers had made a better decision reg…